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The Next Best Thing

Best friends make the best mistakes

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The Next Best Thing — Plot

A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.

  • Release date
  • March 3, 2000
  • Runtime
  • 108 min
  • Genres
  • Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • Director
  • John Schlesinger

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The Next Best Thing — Cast

Madonna photo Madonna Abbie Reynolds Rupert Everett photo Rupert Everett Robert Whittaker Benjamin Bratt photo Benjamin Bratt Ben Cooper Malcolm Stumpf photo Malcolm Stumpf Sam Josef Sommer photo Josef Sommer Richard Whittaker Suzanne Krull photo Suzanne Krull Annabel Linda Larkin photo Linda Larkin Kelly Illeana Douglas photo Illeana Douglas Elizabeth Ryder

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